Hey guys I know I said that this would be published a few months ago, but I got seriously sidetracked and just kind of stopped caring. But for whatever I've decided to continue writing this story that's why it's being uploaded on New Year's Day as sort of a new beginning. Anyway, here is the rewritten version of Hell's Black Paladin I hope you all enjoy.
In an unknown location
A tall blond haired man stood in front of a large round table. On that table was a black magic circle that showed the image of a blue haired teenage boy. "You're watching him again, aren't you father?" asked a mysterious voice.
"Yes, but's that's none of your business, now is it Charon?" asked the blond-haired man.
The one now known as Charon stepped forward into the light. He wore a white dress shirt under a black dress vest along with a pair of black slacks and brown loafers. He raised a hand and moved some strands of his messy brown hair out his grey eyes. "I really don't understand why you're watching him father. There's nothing special about him other than being her child."
"That's why I'm watching him," the man answered. "That's why I want him apart of the ranks. He has so much power, so much potential yet he doesn't know anything about it. It'd be such a waste to let all go down the drain. Besides he has all of her dark powers so I may as well have him put them to use."
"I see," Charon replied. "So, when will you try and recruit him?"
"Today when he's out of school he has a job to take care of. This 'job' of his will be more an interview to see if he's ready to join them."
"Well shouldn't you already know that? I mean you have been steering his life in this direction for the past eight years have you not?"
"Oh, I have, but there's nothing like seeing things personally with your eyes instead of through someone else's or in this case a viewing spell. Anyway, enough talk he should be waking any moment now."
In an unknown location
Early Monday morning sixteen-year-old Gumball Watterson had been awoken from his blissful sleep by his phone's alarm clock blaring in his ears, and because he had sensitive cat ears above his head everything sounded a lot louder than it would for most people. "Gumball no, five more minutes," said a familiar voice. Turning to his right he saw his sister Lexy cuddled up next to him with her arms wrapped around his waist while wearing a black hoodie. Lexy was Gumball's twin sister, his younger twin to be exact and because she was the younger twin she loved treating him like the big brother he was. Which meant constantly looking up to him as well as being around him.
He scowled at the sight of her before sighing, "Why even have your own room with your own bed if you're just gonna sleep in here," he griped. Ever since they were kids Lexy had a habit of sneaking into his bed at night cuddling up next to him. At first, he thought it was kinda cute. Now however it became very annoying and awkward as he'd sometimes have to explain why he was pitching a tent in his pants. Honestly, he loved Lexy almost more than anything but she had a tendency of getting on his nerves with how clingy she was. She would hug him and say "I love you", at random moments. Sometimes she'd even do it when out in public like at school or at the mall. It was bad enough that their mother; Nicole; acted like so lovingly but he really didn't need someone else to treat him like a teddy bear. It was aggravating. Gumball was not a touchy-feely person. It wasn't that he hated to be touched or anything like that. He just didn't convey his feelings that way. He was about to say to something to her to wake her up but his damned phone kept blasting the alarm and was getting more annoying by the second. He even felt Lexy tighten her grip on him while muttering something incoherent. Not wanting to break it like the last one he took a deep breath and calmly turned off the alarm before violently shaking Lexy hoping she'd wake up and in response she tightened her arms around him as if she was trying to break his rib cage while letting out a low growl before muttering something along the lines of "Mine" and "Can't have him." Before his bones could break from her bear hug Gumball reached up and began to gently scratch behind one of her cat ears before softly stroking her hair. Lexy purred softly enjoying the pleasure of him petting her which caused her to loosen her grip allowing him slowly slip away from her.
When she no longer felt, him petting her Lexy slowly opened her eyes, blinking away remnants of sleep. She sat up after having to stretch and looked around the room to find her brother to see him sitting on the edge the bed. She smirked and crawled over to him before wrapping her arms around his stomach and rested her head on his shoulder. "Morning," she greeted after giving him a kiss on the cheek. Out of the corner of her eye she could see his phone in his hand as he seemed to be messaging someone, "Who are you talking to," she asked trying to read the conversation.
"No one important," he replied as he closed out of the app and turned off his screen.
Lexy snaked around him and straddled his lap, "Yes it was," she argued as she trailed his muscular chest through his shirt, "or else you would've ignored them. Was it a girl?" she asked with a hint of malice in her voice while digging her nail into his sternum.
"It was no one you need to know," he replied glaring at her. "Now get off," he growled as he twisted his body to the right and pushed her off him making her fall on the bed.
Lexy yelped as she fell onto the bed and replied with "Meanie," as she sat up.
"Whatever," was his response as he stood up from the bed and went over to his dresser to prep for a shower.
"Hey!" she called out getting up from the bed and walking over to him, "That's not how you should treat your little sister!"
"Don't care," he replied, "right now we need to get ready for school," he told her as he made his way to his bathroom where he began to turn on the shower. When he took off his clothes he took a quick look in the mirror inspecting a few new scars on his abdomen, "Well at least they're not as big as the others," he commented. He got the scars from a fight not too long ago and a few of the guys had knives on them and managed to get a few cuts in before getting knocked out. Why a group of guys carrying knives decided to jump he had no clue, they could've been someone he pissed off before, which was a high probability, or they could've been just a bunch jackasses who thought they were tough because they carried knives and were in a group. Either way he really didn't care, he kicked their asses and afterward made sure they knew to never come after him again. Although he did notice that recently he'd had been getting into a few random street fights. A few days before the knife incident he gotten in a fight with a few guys who were carrying metal bats and a week before that he came across two guys with guns. That would've scared most people but Gumball honestly didn't care whether or not his life would end on that night as not only was he extremely tired but also because death was something that kinda always loomed over him due to him doing a lot of stupid stunts. After stepping out of the shower and drying himself off Gumball began to get dressed. When he stepped out of the bathroom he was wearing a white v neck undershirt and black boot cut jeans. He put on a white v neck hooded shirt and pulled the sleeves up behind his elbows he grabbed his black hooded parka vest off the back of his swivel chair and slipped it on leaving it unzipped before grabbing his half calf combat boots. After tying them and securing the straps he grabbed his phone, book bag and car keys before opening his bedroom door and running up the stairs as his room was in the basement. When he opened the basement door he was greeted by the sight of his mother Nicole and the smell of coffee, "Hey mom," he greeted.
Nicole seemed to wearing a short sleeve white blouse and a silver watch on her left wrist along with black slacks and black high heels. When she looked up from her coffee she smiled and waved, "Hi sweetie, did you sleep well?"
"I guess," he shrugged. He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge looking for something to drink but soon settled on bottled water.
"Gumball," he heard his mother yell.
"What, I didn't even do anything," he replied wondering why the hell she was yelling so early in the morning. She then held her arms out as if expecting a hug, he looked her up and down and asked, "What?"
"Come here dammit!" she said stopping her foot. Gumball groaned as he took a few steps towards his mother. When Nicole felt his arms wrap around her she tightly clasped her arms him giving him a bear hug. She smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek before saying, "I love you."
"Okay that's enough," he said trying to break free of her hold.
"Oh, come on! You won't let me hug you for more than five seconds!" she complained.
"I would if you'd stop acting like you're never gonna see me again."
"That's because we won't. I know that the moment you graduate you're leaving us," she explained tightening her hold on him.
"No I'm not." "Shit! How'd she know," he asked mentally. After graduation Gumball, had planned on getting the hell out of Elmore and start a new life far away from this damned town. Maybe damned was too strong of a word as he didn't hate living in Elmore however spending your whole life in the same town was far too boring for his taste. No matter how many times he tried to spice things up.
"You know one of these days I'm gonna be gone and you're gonna regret not showing me or your sister's how much you really love us," Nicole lectured.
"Yeah whatever. Can you let go now?" he asked hastily. Nicole sighed before taking her arms off him. "Thanks," he said turning around to see his adopted brother Darwin coming down the stairs. Darwin was wearing an orange hoodie and dark orange skinny jeans that faded to black at the seams along with a green beanie with a white stripe close to hem and green high top canvas sneakers with a black book bag slung over his shoulder. "You ready?"
"Yeah let me grab my jacket," he said as he opened the closet near the front door. While putting on his black leather jacket he asked, "Where's Lexy and Anais?"
"I think they're both still getting ready," was Gumball's response as he sat down at the dining room table.
When Darwin had his coat on he sat at the dining room table next to Gumball, "So you wanna go see if Nathan has any new fireworks after school," Darwin asked excitedly.
"I guess, why you wanna blow something up?" Gumball asked curious as to what his little brother was planning.
"Maybe or we could use them to set some stuff on fire," he suggested.
"When did you become a pyro?" asked Gumball as he leaned back in his chair with an evil smirk on his face.
"I wouldn't say that I'm a pyro, however I do know that you get a kick out of that stuff," Darwin replied.
"Yeah that's true," Gumball agreed. He wasn't sure why but he always had a fascination with fire, he found it to be beautifully destructive and it wasn't just him both Lexy and Anais had the same fixation on it to. While they may not have a been a pyromaniac like their eldest brother they too found it beautiful but in a less evil manner.
"If either of you two do any of that stuff I'll be kicking you both out of the house for a month," piped Nicole before taking another sip of coffee. The two teens swore under their breath, peeved for forgetting that their mother was nearby.
"Don't worry mom we won't set anything on fire," Gumball lied. Oh, they were definitely going to set something ablaze they were just going be careful about it and make sure that the news doesn't travel back to her lest they wanted to get put out again.
"Of course, you won't," Nicole said sarcastically while rolling her eyes. Obviously, she knew they were lying and when she found out what it was they set fire to they were going to be in so much trouble.
At that moment, Anais came down the stairs in her uniform which was a red blazer with her school's insignia close to her left shoulder with a white button up shirt and a knee length red plaid skirt along with black stockings with her blue book bag. "Morning guys," she greeted as she walked towards the dining room. She walked past the dining room and into the kitchen and gave her mother hug, "Morning mom."
Nicole wrapped an arm around her back, "Good morning sweetheart," she said with a loving smile.
Anais then pulled back from the hug and headed into the dining room. She pulled up a chair and sat down next to Gumball. "So, are we waiting on Lexy?" she asked.
"Yep," said Darwin as he checked his phone for messages.
Soon after the basement door opened and out stepped Lexy wearing a navy-blue sweater with a white cowl scarf, black skinny jeans and knee high brown suede boots along with a pink book bag on her back. "You guys ready?"
"Yeah," Gumball said as he rose from his chair, Anais stood up and followed behind him as they walked towards the door.
"Wait," Nicole said suddenly, "aren't you all forgetting something," she asked while walking towards them.
Lexy turned around and gave Nicole a hug, "Bye mom love you," she said before letting and walking outside the house.
Nicole then looked at Darwin who hadn't moved an inch, "Well, why are you still standing there come here give me a hug," she ordered.
Darwin sent Gumball a pleading look while Gumball sent a look back that said, 'not my problem,' as he stood next to the door. Darwin hung his head and sighed, he quickly went over to Nicole and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, "Bye mom love you," he said hastily as he rushed out the door.
"Yeah bye mom love you," Gumball said quickly as he slammed the door behind him faster than she could say 'goodbye'. When he turned around to walk in his car he felt someone's eyes on him, he scanned up and down the block but saw nothing, neither did he hear or smell something unfamiliar. This has been going on for the two last days he'd get feeling that someone was watching him and then when he looked he'd see no one in sight. It was weird though, it felt like who or what was watching him had some type of weird presence, as if they were a part of the supernatural world. He'd get the same feeling when he was around his friend Carrie as she was part ghost, he'd also have that feeling around Nicole sometimes but he wasn't sure why.
"Dude what are you doing?!" Darwin called out pulling Gumball out of his thoughts.
"Uh, sorry man I guessed I just blanked out for a sec," he replied as he slowly began to make his way to his car.
"Come on man it's 38 degrees out here!" Darwin complained.
"Come on dude it's not that bad," said Gumball as he unlocked the car doors and unlocked his trunk.
"It may not be all that cold to you but for the rest of us it's fucking freezing out here." Darwin did have a point for whatever reason Gumball wasn't affected by the cold as much most people were, it had to be a few degrees lower to make him put on a coat that had sleeves. But because they lived in California the temperature hardly ever got that low.
"No I don't feel that cold either," said Lexy as she placed her book bag in the trunk of the car.
"Neither do I," Anais commented as she too put her book bag in the trunk. Almost all the Watterson children had a slight immunity to the cold, maybe it had something to do with their mother as she could be out playing in the snow in freezing cold weather in nothing but her underwear and feel as if she was on the beach, which did happen once.
"Man, that is so unfair," Darwin whined as he got inside the passenger side of the car.
Gumball chuckled lightly at his jealousy, "Too bad we aren't actually related then you'd have an immunity like the rest of us," Gumball bragged as he got in the driver seat.
"Just shut up and drive," Darwin grumbled.
Gumball laughed as he started up his midnight blue 2015 z28 Camaro. He pulled out of the driveway and sped down the street. Their first stop was Anais's school Castle Prep, a prep school for gifted children. Anais had gotten in due to an IQ test at Elmore High, and it was obvious that she passed with flying colors. When they pulled in front of her school Gumball popped the trunk open while Darwin had gotten out and pulled his seat forward allowing her to get out of the car. "Bye guys," she said after grabbing her backpack from the trunk and slamming it close.
"Later," the three teens said as they began to drive off. When they arrived at Elmore High the three piled out the car and grabbed their bags and headed inside.
Darwin went to his locker to put away his jacket while Gumball and Lexy headed to Miss Simian's classroom, but from outside the classroom they could hear her screaming at some poor student. Not wanting to deal with her first thing in the morning Gumball made up an excuse about forgetting something in his locker and made his way to the nurse's office. Before opening the door, he looked around to make sure no one was around, after deciding that the coast was clear he opened the door and crept inside quietly closing the door behind him. The nurse's office was a white rectangular room one the right side of the room was the nurse's desk next to that was a filing cabinet, a medicine cabinet and a weight scale. On the nurse's desk was a monitor and keyboard, a few student's medical records, a pencil holder, a mug filled with coffee and a black purse. On the left side of the room were three beds dressed in white sheets and pillows. On one of the beds lied a sleeping woman. Her back was turned towards him so he couldn't her face but from her scent alone he knew who it was. Silently he crept over to another one of the beds and laid down, closing his eyes as he soon began to drift off into sleep. However, his sleep was eventually interrupted by someone shaking him and telling him to wake up. "Ugh, what the hell?" he asked still groggy and tired.
"Hey wake up," said a familiar voice, "class will be over in a few minutes."
When he opened his eyes, he could now tell who that voice belonged to, it was Scarlet Adele Elmore High's resident nurse, and his secret girlfriend. She wore a grey scarf, a white button up shirt with a few of the top buttons undone, a pair of black leggings and brown knee high leather high heeled boots with straps around the ankles, "How long have I been out?" he questioned as he began to yawn and stretch.
"About," she paused to look at the cock on the wall, "forty-two minutes," she answered.
"Couldn't you have let me sleep for a little bit longer?" he complained while standing up.
"If I did that then I'd wouldn't be able to do this," she then leaned forward and pressed her lips against his while wrapping her arms around his neck. He smiled and kissed back while grabbing hold of her waist and pulling her closer to him.
When they separated, Gumball smirked and said, "You know you could've done that at any time right?"
"I know," she replied before giving him another quick kiss, "but I didn't feel like waiting."
"Fair enough," he replied. He then sat back down on the bed. Scarlett sat down as well but instead sitting next to him she decided to sit sideways in his lap while wrapping her arms around his neck. "So, we still got time before my next class, what do you want to do?"
"Oh, did you read my text this morning?" she asked with a hint of excitement.
"Oh, yeah I did. What movie did you wanna go see?" he asked.
"Can't tell you," she said with a mischievous smirk, "it's a surprise."
"Oh really," he replied with a dark smile.
"Yep," she replied, "Come by at my place this Saturday at around eight and I'll show you it to you."
"Alright then," he replied, "but are you sure you want me to come by Saturday? I mean it's been little over a week since we last had sex and you get a little," he paused searching for the right word, "excited whenever we haven't done it while."
"I know that," she stated somewhat bitterly, "That's why I said come by Saturday so we'd have two days to ourselves," she explained but he didn't seem convinced as the last time they decided to have sex after two weeks she ended up with a broken bed frame and he with a few new scars across his chest and back. "Well how about when school is over you and I meet back here and play for a few hours," she suggested.
"That, doesn't sound like a bad idea," he said with a smile.
"Guess it's a plan then," she said with a seductive smirk. She ran her fingers through his hair and pulled him closer bringing him into a tender kiss softly sucking on his lips. The kiss was short lived however as they heard the door handle jiggling. Scarlett quickly separated from Gumball and stood up to fix her clothes while Gumball laid down and pretended to be a patient. Scarlett then opened the door revealing Principal Brown standing on the other side. "Oh, Principal Brown w-what can I do for you?" she asked in a shaky voice.
"I came by to see if you had any aspirin," he answered. "I've got a terrible headache."
"Yes. I do," she said before walking over to the medicine cabinet and pulled out a bottle of pills. She handed him the bottle and said, "Here you are. Bring those back when you're done."
"Oh, yes and thank you," he said before walking off.
Scarlett closed the door and sighed before walking towards the bed Gumball was on and laid down next to him and sighed. "One more year," she said as she cuddled up next to him wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his chest. Gumball wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer. She sighed again, "In one year you'll graduate and then we can leave this place. After that you'll be eighteen and we won't have to hide anymore and finally we'll be able to do whatever the hell we want."
Gumball stared at the ceiling and smiled, "Yeah I know. I can hardly wait until graduation myself," he then turned his attention to her, "but in the meantime, I don't mind just laying here with you."
"You're so sweet," she said as she gave a kiss on the cheek before giving him one on the lips. Unfortunately, this was another short-lived kiss as the bell rang. The two pulled apart and sighed, "You'll be here after school, right?"
"Yeah, I'll be here," he assured as he stood up from the bed and fixed his clothes.
When he left the infirmary, Gumball jogged towards his next class: biology: taught by Mr. Small. On his way, he felt it again, that weird presence. He looked around and saw no one in the hallway but him. "Hello," he called out but no one replied, "What the hell?" he said to himself, "Maybe I'm going crazy," he wondered but he didn't have to ponder that thought as the final bell rung signaling the start of class, "Shit!" he exclaimed as he ran towards his next class. When he entered the class, he sat in the back corner next to the window. While grabbing a notebook and pencil from his book bag he heard someone sit in the desk next to him. Turning to his right he saw Carrie sitting next him. She wore an unzipped black skeleton hoodie with red sleeves over a black tank top along with black skinny jeans and black canvas shoes. Carrie was one of Gumball's best of friends. Knowing each other since kindergarten. There was no real reason for their friendship the two just happened to gravitate towards each other. "Hey Carrie," he greeted. She glanced at him with a dirty look in her eye before turning her attention back to the white board. "Hey is something wrong?" he asked wanting to know what the hell was her problem.
She stayed silent for a few seconds before sighing, "Why the hell were you not in first period?!" she whispered angrily. "Do you have any clue how bored I was without someone to help me make insults about Miss Simian behind her back?"
"Oh uh, sorry I just didn't feel like going to class," was his response. He really was sorry as insulting their teachers was kinda something they did a lot. It was something they bonded over.
She gave him a sour look before scoffing, "Fine, but you better not do it again, without you there, class becomes pointless."
"Okay I won't do it again," he lied.
"...I know you're lying asshole," she said with a deadpan expression.
He chuckled softly, "Yeah, I thought you might, sorry," he said with a soft smile.
"Whatever," she scoffed before punching him in the arm.
"So, did I miss anything in homeroom this morning?" he asked as he started to take notes.
"Not really," Carrie replied as she too had been taking notes, "we've got a book report due next Wednesday, yours is due in three days though," she added in a dry tone.
"Seriously? Man, that's bullshit," he complained as he grabbed his biology book from his bag.
"She said that's what you get skipping class," said Carrie "I'd get started soon if I were you."
"Whatever, anything else," he asked after flipping to the page Mr. Small wanted them to read.
"Tina got detention again but that's about it," she replied as she read from his book.
"What she'd do this time?"
"She put thumbtacks in Joe's chair," she answered. "She would've gotten away with it if little miss goody two shoes hadn't spoken up."
"Lexy?" he asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Nope," she said while shaking her head, "Penny." As class went on every now and then the two would whisper things to each other. Which resulted in them both getting detention. When the bell rang Gumball quickly packed up his things and walked out the classroom making his way towards his next period. Before walking into his next class Carrie grabbed his arm, before he could ask 'what's wrong' she shushed him and said, "Watch this," before turning herself invisible.
"Carrie," he called out as he looked around trying to spot some form of mischief being caused by the invisible girl.
"In here," whispered a female voice. The voice sounded like Carrie's and seem to have come from the classroom, so he followed it see what she wanted. When he walked in he saw Tina in the back cladded in a white turtleneck sweater with holes for her thumbs, black skinny jeans and grey knit leg warmers over her black leather boots. Tina like Carrie had been a friend of his since middle school. Originally the two had always been on bad terms but after being an involved few life-threatening incidents the two became close friends. As he got closer to her he noticed that she was shivering and had been frantically rubbing her arms like she was trying to keep them warm.
Tina then looked up at him, "Watterson!" she barked. "Get your ass over here! Now!" she ordered as she got up from her chair.
He made his way towards her and asked, "What's up?"
"Your coat," she said, "give it here," she ordered before sneezing.
"You okay," he asked as he took off his parka.
"No, I'm fucking cold," she answered bitterly while accepting his jacket.
"How the hell are you cold it's like 70 degrees in here?"
"I don't know," she retorted in annoyed tone. "One minute I'm fine next minute I'm freezing my ass off." When she said that he instantly knew what was going on. "That's right ghost have the ability to decrease the temperature around them and sense Carrie's half ghost she has access to that ability," Gumball stated mentally but before he could do anything Tina yelped snapping him out his thoughts.
Tina had jumped onto him causing him to instinctively wrapped his arms catch her holding her bridal style while she latched onto him. "What the hell just happened?" Gumball asked.
"I don't know something cold just touched me!" she exclaimed. "It felt like a hand was pressed against my tail! Wait," she growled lowly. "Where?! The hell?! Is Carrie?!" and that's when the two heard someone giggling. Tina looked behind her and saw Carrie phasing back into visibility while cupping her mouth trying her hardest not to burst out laughing. "Carrie, you little!" Tina exclaimed. Carrie tried to hold in her laughter but it didn't matter as she bursted into a fit of giggles.
"Come on Carrie it wasn't that funny," said Gumball hoping she'd stop laughing.
"Yes, it was," she said in between laughs, "Tina's reaction was too funny!"
"You nearly gave me a heart attack along with frostbite!" Tina scolded. "Why'd you have to be part ghost?!" Carrie didn't say anything instead she brought a hand to her lips and kissed it before blowing it at Tina sending a cold gust of wind at the two. Tina shivered and tighten her hold on Gumball.
"Carrie," Gumball said sternly, "knock it off," he growled as he narrowed his gaze at her.
A look of terror quickly flashed across Carrie's face as she saw Gumball's eyes slowly shift from their usual sapphire blue to ruby red. Carrie crossed her arms and scoffed, "Fine," she replied before taking a seat.
"And Tina," Gumball called to her, "you can let go of me now," he told her.
Tina blushed as she realized that her feet were now on ground meaning that Gumball had set her down without her knowing. "O-oh r-right, uh sorry," she stuttered as she let go of him. She went back to her chair and sat down next to Carrie. Gumball took a seat in front of Tina and waited for class to begin. When class was over the trio headed over to their American History. "Hey Gumball since we all have detention hang means we all get out at the same time," Tina pointed out.
"Yeah so?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"So," she said in annoyance, "why don't we all hang out after school?" Tina asked.
"Can't I have to work," he answered.
"Aw man, can't you skip one night," Tina whined.
"Where the hell do you work anyway," Carrie inquired.
"It's not where I work," he corrected, "it's what I do for work and I told you before I do jobs for companies around town."
Carrie rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Yeah but what kind of jobs do you do?"
"Odd jobs," Gumball growled growing annoyed with his friends poking him for his work life.
"Odd jobs," Carrie asked skeptically.
"Look Carrie it doesn't matter where or what Gumball does for his job. All that matters is that he has one so that he can pay for all our food and shopping expenses," Tina said proudly with a small smile on her face.
"As if," Gumball scoffed as they walked into the classroom. Gumball took a seat next to the window in the back while, Tina sat in front of him and Carrie to his right.
While the three continued to talk a girl with long white hair sat in next to Tina. The three look up to see who it was revealing that it was Lucy when she turned around to greet them. "Hey guys what's up," she greeted with a bright smile on her face. She wore a black leather vest over a grey hoodie along with dark blue skinny jeans and black leather ankle boots. Lucy was another friend of Gumball's although she was more of Lexy's friend then his. The two have been friends for ages and by proxy that made her his friend too well sort of. He didn't know a lot about Lucy but he knew enough.
"Hey Lucy," Tina and Carrie said simultaneously.
Lucy noticed that Gumball hadn't said anything so she leaned forward to get a better view of him but saw that his attention was elsewhere as he stared out the window. She cleared her throat hoping to get his attention when his head snapped towards her she waved, "Hi Gumball." He gave a halfhearted wave in response and returned his attention to the window. She didn't know what he was staring at but he seemed to be in deep thought so she ignored it for now.
Class was a bit of a blur for Gumball as he tried to figure what was going on with him since for third time that day he had that feeling again this time. However… now it lingered. Before the feeling would disappear whenever he'd look around for people watching him. This time, it didn't. It felt like who or what was watching him had decided not to instantly disappear but instead it stayed. He knew that their gaze was on him from outside that window just on the edge of his f peripherals teasing him with their existence. As if it were trying to fill him with the fear of the unknown. Right now, Gumball had a few emotions running through him and fear was definitely not one of them. He felt a sense of dark intrigue as he wondered about whatever the hell was watching him and how it could be used to cause a bit trouble in the town. Another feeling was boredom because he was stuck in class listening to his teacher drone on and on about something he didn't care about. Finally, he felt a slow rising of anger as he had no clue what it was nor what it wanted and the more idea plagued him the more his anger rose. Eventually the bell rung snapping him from his thoughts as he felt a hand on his arm nudging him. He looked up and saw Lucy trying to pull him back to reality with a bright smile on her face. "What's up," he asked while noticing that Tina and Carrie hadn't left yet.
"Class ended and its lunch time," she answered.
"Oh yeah, right," he replied as he began to put his stuff his away.
"Are you okay?" Lucy asked. "You were staring out the window the entire time during class."
"Yeah, I was just bored from listening to the teacher," he answered flashing her a quick smile to help reassure her.
"See Lucy," Tina chimed, "I told you he was fine. Now can we please go, I'm fucking starving," she complained.
"Yeah alright," Lucy replied as she and Carrie began walking towards the door.
Tina then grabbed Gumball by the arm and him out of his seat before dragging him out of the classroom and all the way to the lunchroom.
So, we're gonna end it here usually I would try to write more but I know that not everyone has the same attention time span so I'll just end things here for the moment. Once again, I am sorry about how long this took to make hopefully the next one take as long as this did. One last thing I started working Welcome Home again so the next chapter for that might come out early this year I'm not sure but just in case you were interested and I will be going over old chapters for grammar errors just so that everything make sense. Anyway, I'll see you guys in the next chapter.
